News about Macroeconomics

The dollar, considered a defensive asset, is gaining ground amid renewed investor concerns. Negotiations are progressing, but a deal is not expected anytime soon. The dollar stabilized on Tuesday amid expectations of the reopening of the Strait of Hormuz and an end to the conflict with Iran. However, new U.S. strikes on Iranian facilities and statements about a long negotiation process cooled market optimism.

The price of Ethereum continues to show weakness against the backdrop of project co-founder Vitalik Buterin’s statements about the change of strategy of Ethereum Foundation (EF). This was pointed out by analyst Ali Martinez.

The richest part of Europe’s population (0.1%) receive about 4.5% of all income, but their share varies greatly from country to country. Tax systems and wage inequality play a key role in this.

From the fall, salaries of public sector employees will be paid on the basis of the amended legal framework in the context of the promoted reform of the legislation on remuneration of labor. This was announced by State Secretary of the Ministry of Finance Maya Savva at a meeting of the National Commission for Consultation and Collective Bargaining.

Switzerland will hold a national referendum on June 14 on an initiative to cap the country’s permanent population at 10 million by 2050.

Foreign direct investment in China fell 10.3 percent year-on-year to 287.7 billion yuan in the first four months of 2026.

Negotiations between American cosmetics giant Estée Lauder and Spanish group Puig, which could have led to the creation of a luxury beauty holding company worth about $40 billion, broke down at the very last moment – after several months of almost finalized work on the deal.

The National Energy Regulatory Agency (ANRE) has approved the maximum fuel prices that will be valid in Moldova tomorrow, May 26.

The proceeds to the state budget of the Republic of Moldova from the activity of the Customs Service for the period of May 18-24, 2026, amounted to more than 871.7 million lei.

Moldovan President Maia Sandu is convening a meeting of the National Security Council (NSC) on Tuesday, May 26, in connection with the country’s energy security.

European sugar producers are facing deteriorating financial results and are forced to cut production and cooperation with farmers amid falling prices and market changes.

On the COMEX, a division of the New York Mercantile Exchange, gold futures for delivery in August are trading at $4,598.35 per troy ounce, up 0.92% at the time of this commentary.

Official inflation in Moldova in annualized terms in April 2026 amounted to 6.8%. In the previous month it was 5.8%. So the April growth was the most significant since December 2025.

European businesses that have remained in Russia have cooled sharply in their assessments of the immediate future of the Russian economy. Whereas a year ago half of the companies believed in growth, now only 17% do. At the same time, the number of those who expect the situation to worsen has almost doubled.

The dollar fell on Monday as rising hopes led to lower yields and increased risk appetite. The weakening dollar and rising risk appetite was driven by recent news of progress in the US-Iran peace agreement, lower geopolitical tensions and falling oil prices, which reduced expectations of prolonged inflation.

Despite the statements of some experts that money transfers from abroad to Moldova are decreasing, the statistics show the opposite.

Moldova’s passport is currently ranked 87th in the Nomad Passport Index 2026, with a total score of 79. The country has moved up 5 positions compared to last year.

The Government is aligning the legal framework concerning the minimum wage with the EU Adequate Minimum Wage Directive. An indicative reference value of 50% of the projected average monthly wage will be introduced, which will be used as a benchmark for assessing the adequacy of the minimum wage, without automatically setting its level.

The richest one in a thousand residents of Europe receives about 4.5% of all incomes, but in different countries this figure differs several times – from less than 2% to more than 10%. This is evidenced by the data of the World Inequality Database.

Popular statistical service Numbeo has presented a fresh ranking of countries in terms of average monthly salary after taxes.